Posts Tagged ‘latest news’
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EA Sports Online Pass: Online Play Free Only With Code in New Copies
Today EA Sports revealed the "Online Pass" that will be introduced first in Tiger Woods 11 and carry through to upcoming titles. Codes will be inserted into new copies of games providing access to online play for free. However those who purchase the game used or rent will be forced to pay $10 to buy the "Online Pass". Online Pass rewards game owners with a game-specific, one-time-use registration code for online services, features and bonus content. Each title-specific Online Pass may be used...
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Clearing Up How GameFlow Works Online
A comment I made on Twitter the other day struck up a discussion that made it obvious the implementation of GameFlow for online play in Madden 11 hadn't been clarified completely. GameFlow play-calling will remain as an option for unranked games, and can be either turned on or off for Online Franchise, but GameFlow will be activated for all ranked games. With GameFlow turned on either party can access the full playbook it just requires a button press in every instance in which the desire is...
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Brad Bird to Direct M:I4
Paramount has announced that Mission: Impossible 4 has been pushed back from an original release date of May 27th 2011 to December 16th 2011 and confirmed that Brad Bird will be directing. Bird has previously directed a number of animated films including Ratatouille, The Incredibles, and Iron Giant. The film will be produced by JJ Abrams and Tom Cruise returns in the starring role as Ethan Hunt though the character may be in a transitional period of sorts as M:I4 is being talked about as bein...
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Possible Release Date for NBA Jam
NBA Live 11 and NBA 2K11 will be releasing on Tuesday October 5th. It now appears that too could end up being the date for the release of NBA Jam on the Wii. We've known for sometime that the game was set to release in Q3 (October-December) but it was uncertain where it would fall in that range. No release date has been confirmed for NBA Jam (and may not be for some time) but indications are it will also release on October 5th. EA Sports does not release NBA Live on the Wii so there would b...
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The Line Drive 5/9
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. The next patch for MLB 2K10 has reached certification and should be out within the next two weeks. 350K people played Madden 10 online once and then never again. That is a large number but probably not as significant as it sounds. The latest UFC 2010 developer blog answers some questions submitted in relation to the demo. The latest Backbreaker vide...
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$52 Million Opening Day for Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2 has made off with an estimated $52 million in its first day. That number includes the $7.5 million made from late Thursday midnight shows. The $52 million places it seventh on the list of highest opening day grosses. Based on these numbers the weekend take will likely finish right around $130 million. That would make it the fifth biggest opening weekend in history. Industry expectations pegged IM2 in the $140-160 million range, giving it an outside shot of topping The Dark Knight...
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PFC 2010 League Sign-Ups
While the specifics on the league structure for PFC 2010 are still being ironed out sign-ups are now open. The league for UFC 2010 Undisputed is a follow-up to the very successful run PFC had with UFC 2009. The introduction of "Fight Camps" is expected to play a significant role this year. The general idea is that there will be two tiers to the league. There will be the main pool where fighters compete against each other on a regular basis. That may or may not include "Fight Camps" as it wi...
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New Trailer for Inception
While Super 8 has gotten most of the attention the last few days, another new trailer debuted on Iron Man 2 that is creating a buzz. Another trailer for Inception, the Christopher Nolan film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is also attached to prints of IM2. The difference here is that the release of Inception is nearing and it still remains somewhat mysterious. The movie is a contemporary science fiction thriller about a corporation that has developed a technology that can enter dreams and extrac...
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